Search warrant issued in Winstead slaying case

Prosecutors on Friday obtained another search warrant in the investigation into a 14-year-old's shooting death on Hill Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Like the other search warrants, the reason for and subject of the search remains secret.

The Luzerne County District Attorney's office requested the search warrant be sealed as part of the death investigation of Tyler Winstead, a freshman at GAR Junior/Senior High School. A Luzerne County judge granted the request, which specifies the warrant be carried out by 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Winstead was found shot outside his friend's 117 Hill St., Wilkes-Barre, home on April 5 and died later that night. At the time, the friend, Elijah Yussuf, claimed Winstead was shot in a drive-by.

In the following weeks, police searched Yussuf's home two times and removed evidence, including a computer and bleach. Yussuf, his mother, and another man did not return to the home for weeks following the shooting and moved out April 25.

Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis declined to discuss details of the latest search warrant.

"We do have another warrant out," Salavantis said Friday. "We're not releasing anything at this time."

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